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Computer Engineering

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For future software developers, software engineers, or programmers, a graduate degree in computer engineering combines training in electrical engineering and computer science. These are the top graduate schools for computer engineering.

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Rankings			Overall Engineering School Program Data
Rank	School name	Score	Tuition	Total graduate engineering enrollment	Additional data
#1	Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, MA	5.0	$41,770 per year (full-time)	3,163	U.S. News Engineering School Compass Get the U.S. News Engineering School Compass to unlock more data columns. Access the complete rankings and more to find the right engineering school for you. Expanded profiles for all schools All entering class stats, including average GRE scores Research Expenditures All college data included (access good for one year) Get Access Already a member? Login here
#2	University of California‒Berkeley Berkeley, CA	4.9	$11,220 per year (in-state, full-time); $26,322 per year (out-of-state, full-time)	1,837
#3	Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA	4.7	$38,900 per year (full-time)	2,857
#4	University of Illinois‒Urbana-Champaign Urbana, IL	4.6	$16,352 per year (in-state, full-time); $29,618 per year (out-of-state, full-time)	2,975
#5	Cornell University Ithaca, NY	4.2	$29,500 per year (full-time)	1,768
#5	Georgia Institute of Technology Atlanta, GA	4.2	$10,584 per year (in-state, full-time); $26,860 per year (out-of-state, full-time)	4,651
#5	University of Michigan‒Ann Arbor Ann Arbor, MI	4.2	$22,518 per year (in-state, full-time); $41,914 per year (out-of-state, full-time)	3,184
#5	University of Texas‒Austin (Cockrell) Austin, TX	4.2	$9,564 per year (in-state, full-time); $17,506 per year (out-of-state, full-time)	2,425
#9	Princeton University Princeton, NJ	4.1	$38,650 per year (full-time)	574
#10	Purdue University‒West Lafayette West Lafayette, IN	4.0	$10,332 per year (in-state, full-time); $29,134 per year (out-of-state, full-time)	3,070
#11	University of Wisconsin‒Madison Madison, WI	3.9	$11,839 per year (in-state, full-time); $25,166 per year (out-of-state, full-time)	1,903
#12	University of California‒San Diego (Jacobs) La Jolla, CA	3.8	$11,220 per year (in-state, full-time); $26,322 per year (out-of-state, full-time)	1,614
#12	University of Southern California (Viterbi) Los Angeles, CA	3.8	$28,242 per year (full-time)	4,398
#12	University of Washington Seattle, WA	3.8	$13,930 per year (in-state, full-time); $26,790 per year (out-of-state, full-time)	2,030
#15	University of Maryland‒College Park (Clark) College Park, MD	3.6	$11,020 per year (in-state, full-time); $23,760 per year (out-of-state, full-time)	2,254
#16	Columbia University (Fu Foundation) New York, NY	3.5	$47,340 per year (full-time)	2,525
#16	Rice University (Brown) Houston, TX	3.5	$36,610 per year (full-time)	716
#16	Texas A&M University‒College Station (Look) College Station, TX	3.5	$277 per credit (in-state, full-time); $577 per credit (out-of-state, full-time)	2,918
#19	Ohio State University Columbus, OH	3.4	$11,704 per year (in-state, full-time); $29,016 per year (out-of-state, full-time)	1,738
#19	University of California‒Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, CA	3.4	$12,192 per year (in-state, full-time); $27,294 per year (out-of-state, full-time)	760
#19	Virginia Tech Blacksburg, VA	3.4	$10,677 per year (in-state, full-time); $20,926 per year (out-of-state, full-time)	2,278
#22	Harvard University Cambridge, MA	3.3	$37,576 per year (full-time)	404
#22	Johns Hopkins University (Whiting) Baltimore, MD	3.3	$43,930 per year (full-time)	3,434
#22	University of Minnesota‒Twin Cities Minneapolis, MN	3.3	$14,570 per year (in-state, full-time); $22,320 per year (out-of-state, full-time)	1,920
#25	Duke University (Pratt) Durham, NC	3.2	$42,350 per year (full-time)	944

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Computer Engineering

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